We would like to wish you all a good Easter Break. Find out more about library opening hours and access to online resources here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

It's not too late to borrow a book for the Easter break! We are open until 17:00 today. Here are just a few of the latest additions to our collections. #NewBooks 📚😊

Come and hear two of Ukraine's best writers - Myroslav Laiuk and Yulia Musakovska - discuss writing about Ukraine with the brililant Luke Harding at UCL on 14 April. In partnership with @ukrinstitute.bsky.social. @uclssees.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Happy Easter to all our users! 🐣🐥🐇🪺🌱🌸 SSEES Library will close at the earlier time of 17:00 tomorrow and re-open at 09:00 on Wednesday 8th April. You can check the opening hours of all UCL libraries here: tinyurl.com/nrm7x9r2

What is the role of literature and journalism in shaping the world’s perception of #Ukraine and the war? Join us for this discussion with three writers who have approached Ukraine in very different ways in their work. 🗓️ 14 April at 6.45pm 📍 UCL Bentham House ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

We're delighted to welcome Professor Jasna Dragović-Soso as the new Director of SSEES from September 2026! www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

It’s been great to work in #University #College #London this week in #UCL @uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social School of #Slavonic and #East #European Studies Library. What a superb staff. Thank you for all your amazing help!

Please join us to celebrate the launch of 'Russian Pendulum' (@uclpress.bsky.social) by Prof. Alena Ledeneva. Speakers: Benjamin Woodgates, @drseanhanley.bsky.social, Irina Petrova, Vladimir Pastukhov and Eva Ladipo. 🗓️ 30 April at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Free and open to all: lnkd.in/erPWF8Yf

BIG news! We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence. Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network. www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

🔊 Only a few tickets left for Wednesday's screening of 'Million Moments for Democracy' (2025). 🗓️ 25 March at 5.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES Register for free: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎉 We are delighted to see Freya Proudman, PhD candidate at SSEES, featured in the Faces of UCL. Freya joined SSEES as an undergraduate student in 2018, and has dedicated the last eight years to advancing human rights and social justice. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search...

A new display in the Main Library explores the history of some of @ucl.ac.uk’s key collections, and the staff who developed them. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news... #UCL200

16-20 March is Reading List Week at UCL. UCL students, tell us how we can support you in using your online reading list by completing this survey: ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/Readinglis...

🔉 UCL staff and students - how are you feeling about copyright? UCL copyright team have a range of upcoming sessions to support you, refresh your knowledge and answer your questions 👩‍💻📝 Take a look and register 👉 buff.ly/a508cP4 (Image AI-generated from Microsoft Copilot)

The in-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still join us online to hear from the bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Spring has sprung in SSEES Library! 🌸🌼🌱🪺💐 Have you seen the display on the Ground Floor, celebrating Balkan traditions connected to welcoming spring? ❤️🤍

What’s so Special about UCL Special Collections? is back at UCL East! Join us on 24 Mar to explore a selection of rare books and archives, meet members of our team, and discover the stories behind these fascinating materials at this relaxed, free event. Book now on tinyurl.com/uclopenmorning.

💡 Did you know the first Briton in space, Dr Helen Sharman, studied at SSEES? Helen did her MA in Central and South-East European Studies, which allowed her to develop her interest in the East European languages she had encountered in the USSR. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomensHistoryMonth

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Russell Square The houses visible behind the trees used, I think, to house the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, now part of @ucl.ac.uk @uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

We've updated our #NewBooks display. 📚📚📚 See something you would like to borrow? Find these and other new books on the Ground Floor of the Library, by the self-service machine.

There is still time to book a place for tomorrow’s PLEJ session, which will explore the possibilities and outcomes of object-based learning in student-led projects involving SSEES Library and its holdings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-west-a...

Join the Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice for a session showcasing a student-led project using object-based learning to explore the multilingual SSEES Library collections. 📅 Wed 4 March ⏰ 4–5 pm 📍 Room 432, SSEES ☕ Followed by refreshments 🎟️ To book: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-west-a...

200 years ago, UCL was founded on a radical idea: education for all. To mark our bicentenary, the Two Centuries Here Exhibition explores UCL’s past, present, and future across our Bloomsbury campus. The exhibition is open from 18 Feb 2026 to 31 July 2027. #UCL200

Join us for an evening talk with bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac, who will discuss how #Moldovan, #Romanian and diasporic history and identities reflect throughout her writing. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Two Centuries Here is a multi-space exhibition in the heart of central London, tracing @ucl.ac.uk’s origins and exploring 200 years of ground-breaking research, innovation, education and impact. Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/events... #UCL200

🎬 SSEES Film Festival Vol 1: "Resistance" The festival forms part of our UCL200 programme of events to celebrate UCL’s bicentenary. The film screenings are free but ticketed. Book here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social

Join the Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice for a session showcasing a student-led project using object-based learning to explore the multilingual SSEES Library collections. 📅 Wed 4 March ⏰ 4–5 pm 📍 Room 432, SSEES ☕ Followed by refreshments 🎟️ To book: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-west-a...

Understanding copyright helps you respect others’ creativity and protect your own. Find out more about available resources and support. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/learning-teaching-support/ucl-copyright-advice

We are pleased to invite you to an evening talk with bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac, who will discuss how #Moldovan, #Romanian and diasporic history and identities reflect throughout her writing. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Here are just a few of the #NewBooks we have added to the Library recently. 📚📚📚

Visitors are invited to explore @ucl.ac.uk’s ground-breaking 200-year history through an expansive new exhibition hosted in multiple spaces across the Bloomsbury campus. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #UCL200

Why does the most famous poem in the #Polish language open with the invocation ‘Lithuania! My Fatherland!’? Please join us for Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski's Inaugural Lecture to find out more. 🗓️ 11 March at 6.30pm 📍 Gustave Tuck LT ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Using artificial intelligence in research and education raises many questions around copyright. Join us on 4 March for an interactive workshop on copyright and GenAI with guest speaker, Ben White. https://library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4430020

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Join us for this seminar with Dr Georgios Giannakopoulos to hear more about his book 'The Interpreters' which offers a new interpretation of the cultural and intellectual exchanges between Britain and southeastern Europe in an age of imperial transformation. 🗓️ 3 March at 6pm ➡️ buff.ly/3FH0K8u

Book launch of “Happiness” Tues 10 March, 7-8.30pm Join Professor Maria Rubins and Dr Bryan Karetnyk at the launch of 'Happiness' by Yuri Felsen, a leading modernist writer of the interwar Russian diaspora. Takes place at Pushkin House, register at: www.pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/eve...

Make the best use of our libraries and resources. Find out more about our guides and training to develop your library and information literacy skills. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/learning-teaching-support

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

Why does the most famous poem in the #Polish language open with the invocation ‘Lithuania! My Fatherland!’? Please join us for Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski's Inaugural Lecture to find out more. 🗓️ 11 March at 6.30pm 📍 Gustave Tuck LT ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Check out our #NewBooks display on the Ground Floor of the Library! 📚📚📚😊

📣 Forthcoming free afternoon talk! 18 February, 3 - 4:30pm In Search of Amnesia is a documentary project looking into the Jewish narrative in Poland and Ukraine. Through this new book Falk traced both his own personal family history and the collective loss Tickets 🔗

🔊 We are seeking an outstanding academic leader to join us as Director (Head of Department) of UCL SSEES. 📍 Location: London (hybrid) 🗓 Closing date: 15 February 2026 🗣️ Interviews: 9–10 March 2026 ➡️ Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🔊 There’s still time to register today!

🔊 There’s still time to register today!

Trying to access books, journals or electronic resources in our libraries? Find out more about available guidance here. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/finding-resources

📚 UCL SSEES Library Academic Book Display — International Day of Education 2026 📚 Celebrating learning and area studies at SSEES with titles across history, politics, culture, language, and more. 📱 Scan the QR code to explore UCL Press e-books by SSEES academic staff.

🔊 Due to high demand, this event will now be livestreamed online Join us for an exploration of how food vocabulary in the #Balkans encodes millennia of indigenous evolution, alongside contact, borrowing, and contested belonging. 🗓️ 3 February at 5pm ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎥 Join us on Monday for the SSEES Cinema Research Group seminar with Dr Caroline Damiens, who will explore how the depictions of the indigenous 'Peoples of the North' in #Soviet cinema and television evolved between 1920 and 1980. 🗓️ 26 January at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎬 SSEES Film Festival! Vol 1: "Resistance" will bring a powerful lineup of films that explore courage, resilience and the fight for change. Screenings are free and open to all. 🗓️ 25 Feb - 25 March 📍 UCL Main campus ➡️ Register for free: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship  The Bracewell Travelling Scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April ➡️ Apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...